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Posts tagged with 'IraGlass' and 'thisamericanlife' at MetaFilter.Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:24:53 -0800Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:24:53 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60No stakes, not relatable. I think I'm realizing: Shakespeare sucks.http://www.metafilter.com/141473/No%2Dstakes%2Dnot%2Drelatable%2DI%2Dthink%2DIm%2Drealizing%2DShakespeare%2Dsucks
Ira Glass <a href="https://twitter.com/iraglass/status/493609943879397376">tweeted</a> that <a href="http://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/FSITP/King-Lear/">John Lithgow was "amazing" as <em>King Lear</em> in Central Park</a>, but added, "Shakespeare: not good. No stakes, not relatable. I think I'm realizing: Shakespeare sucks." Then ProPublica reporter Lois Beckett <a href="https://storify.com/Jesselansner/this-american-lear?utm_source=story&utm_media=storypage&utm_content=related">had an idea</a>: <em>This American Lear</em>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141473Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:24:53 -0800EtriganTAL @ BAMhttp://www.metafilter.com/140168/TAL%2DBAM
This American Life did a show at Brooklyn Academy Of Music earlier this month. As a salute to the space they were in, they did <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/528/the-radio-drama-episode">a show</a> [audio download, transcript, streaming available here] which adapted radio journalism into opera (including a world-premiere from Philip Glass), Broadway Musical (in which <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/457/what-i-did-for-love?act=2">a story from 2011 about undercover cops looking to bust drug dealers in high schools</a> gets adapted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda">an actual Broadway composer</a> and starring actual Broadway performers), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasheer_Zamata">a current live-television performer</a> adapts one of her stories as a radio drama. <a href="http://live.thisamericanlife.org">A video of the performance, including nearly another hour's worth of journalism-adapted-into-performance is available, Louis CK-style, for $5.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140168Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:21:07 -0800hippybearEach week on our show we choose a theme...http://www.metafilter.com/129900/Each%2Dweek%2Don%2Dour%2Dshow%2Dwe%2Dchoose%2Da%2Dtheme
Tomorrow, public radio show <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/">This American Life</a> airs its 500th episode. <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/1/new-beginnings">Started</a> in 1995 by Ira Glass, with the initial title <em>Your Radio Playhouse</em>, the show is a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/125291/This-Chicago-Life">popular</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117424/See-Paradise-for-a-mere-625000-a-week">reference</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117140/Welcome-to-AMERCIA">point</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/70455/The-Audacity-of-Government">here</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/62702/This-American-Life-Parody">on</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/30980/Next-up-Im-a-Senator-and-I-cant-keep-my-clothes-on">the</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/23966/Radio-interview-with-Mr-Rogers">blue</a>, covering everything from the <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/236/my-two-cents?act=3">minute goings-on</a> of ordinary people, to allegedly <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/427/original-recipe">unearthing the secret recipe for Coke</a>, to the <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/365/another-frightening-show-about-the-economy">2008 financial collapse</a>.
Ahead of the occasion, Ira Glass <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/ira-glass-this-american-life-500-episodes?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=buzzfeed">talked to Buzzfeed</a> about the episodes that stand out in his mind. While also being home to short stories by perennial favourites like <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/sarah-vowell">Sarah Vowell</a>, <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/david-sedaris">David Sedaris</a>, and <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/mike-birbiglia">Mike Birbiglia</a>, TAL has been home to some attention-grabbing journalism, shedding light on vital current topics, including:
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/310/habeas-schmabeas">Guantanamo Bay</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money">The Sub-prime mortgage debacle</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/391/more-is-less">Health Care reform</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/416/iraq-after-us">The War in Iraq and its aftermath</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/206/somewhere-in-the-arabian-sea">The War in Afghanistan (with it's own unique flavour)</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/440/game-changer">Frakking</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/498/the-one-thing-youre-not-supposed-to-do?act=1">Immigration reform</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/490/trends-with-benefits">The explosion in Federal Disability benefits</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack">Patent Trolls</a>
<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/take-the-money-and-run-for-office">The influence of money and lobbyists on US politics</a>
TAL's accessible coverage of the 2008 financial meltdown led to a spinoff podcast, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/">Planet Money</a>, a twice-weekly show that aims to make mundane, arcane, and obscure pieces of the economy understandable for everyday listeners, using TAL's trademark inquisitive and conversational style.
Slate also has a three part video <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/video/conversations_with_slate/2013/06/ira_glass_interview_to_mark_this_american_s_life_500th_episode_host_sits.html">interview with Glass</a> about his approach to interviewing. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129900Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:36:24 -0800dry white toastIra Glass can dance if he wants to.http://www.metafilter.com/128721/Ira%2DGlass%2Dcan%2Ddance%2Dif%2Dhe%2Dwants%2Dto
The hot ticket in Dallas this past Saturday night was for the <a href="http://barclayagency.com/glass.html">Ira Glass</a> <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2013/may/30/ira-glass-winspear-this-american-life-npr-dallas/">talk</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_and_Bill_Winspear_Opera_House">Winspear</a>. But the hipper ticket was in the nearby <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kessler-X/275033180136">Kessler X+</a> section of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Cliff">Oak</a> <a href="http://www.gooakcliff.org">Cliff</a>, where <a href="http://www.matttolentino.com/fr_home.cfm">Matt</a> <a href="http://texasmusicjournal.com/texas-music-genres/americana/tolentino-enjoys-his-big-band/">Tolentino</a> and his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singapore_Slingers_(band)">Singapore Slingers</a> shared a bill with <a href="http://www.kristykruger.com">Kristy</a> <a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/04/rebirth_brass_band.php">Kruger</a> that blew the roof off the beloved <a href="http://thekessler.org">Kessler</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/opinion/05fountain.html?_r=0">Theater</a>. Ira, a <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/293/transcript">pal</a> <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/294/transcript">of</a> <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/457/transcript">Kristy's</a>, showed up after his own gig and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhiznrP9KE&feature=youtu.be">danced his ass off</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.128721Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:40:58 -0800azanerIt's Time For This American Life To Grow Uphttp://www.metafilter.com/119491/Its%2DTime%2DFor%2DThis%2DAmerican%2DLife%2DTo%2DGrow%2DUp
<a href="http://www.thebaffler.com/past/oh_the_pathos">The lesson couldn't be clearer: it's time for This American Life to grow up.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.119491Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:54:49 -0800Fiasco da GamaSee Paradise for a mere $625,000 a week.http://www.metafilter.com/117424/See%2DParadise%2Dfor%2Da%2Dmere%2D625000%2Da%2Dweek
Jon Ronson (whose book <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/books/the-psychopath-test-by-jon-ronson-review.html">The Psychopath Test</a> was the basis of a <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/436/the-psychopath-test">This American Life episode </a>) interviews folks living in America at several varied levels of income in: GQ - <a href="http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201207/amber-waves-of-green-jon-ronson-gq-july-2012?printable=true">Amber Waves of Green</a>.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.117424Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:58:19 -08001f2frfbf"I have difficult news."http://www.metafilter.com/113913/I%2Dhave%2Ddifficult%2Dnews
Ira Glass <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/03/retracting-mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory">retracts</a> the This American Life <a href="http://anamericanstudies.posterous.com/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory-this-american">episode</a> "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory".
Mike Daisey <a href="http://mikedaisey.blogspot.com/2012/03/statement-on-tal.html">responds</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/111248/Steve-Jobs-and-the-Joseph-Stalin-Charm-School">Previously.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.113913Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:42:03 -0800These Premises Are Alarmedvery tough lovehttp://www.metafilter.com/109313/very%2Dtough%2Dlove
<em><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2011/11/judge-amanda-williams-faces-charges">Many listeners have written to us</a> since our <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/430/very-tough-love">episode</a> about Georgia Judge Amanda Williams, asking what ever happened to her. Did she face any consequences for the things we documented on our program? Yesterday, Georgia's Judicial Qualifications Commission filed <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/default/files/Formal_Charges_Judge_Williams.pdf">formal charges</a> </em>[PDF]<em> against her. The twelve counts include a number of things reported in our episode: sending away inmates for indefinite detention, jailing Charlie McCullough for 14 days for exercising his right to contest a drug screen, and using "rude, abusive, or insulting language" with individuals appearing before her.</em> Local reporting from the <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/chief-judge-from-brunswick-1221567.html">Altanta Journal-Constitution.</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/102078">Previously.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109313Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:09:09 -0800gerryblogIra Glass Sex Tapehttp://www.metafilter.com/108294/Ira%2DGlass%2DSex%2DTape
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak0fPHbFpbc">Ira Glass Sex Tape</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.108294Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:34:02 -0800finiteWould you shank me in a box?http://www.metafilter.com/60957/Would%2Dyou%2Dshank%2Dme%2Din%2Da%2Dbox
<a href="http://acceptable.tv/contest/tv/videos/1546-Mr-Sprinkles-5">Blood In Blood Out.</a> Ira Glass, prison crew leader. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60957Mon, 07 May 2007 08:26:33 -0800CaptMcalisterhttp://www.metafilter.com/984/
<i>Hometown girl makes good!</i> Your favorite <A HREF="http://www.rebekah.org">palegirl</A> and mine is contributing-producing the first piece on the next episode of <A HREF="http://www.thislife.org">This American Life</A>. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.984Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:46:35 -0800hitch